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MS15-106: Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer: October 13, 2015

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Summary

This security update resolves several reported vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. The most severe of these vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted webpage in Internet Explorer. To learn more about the vulnerabilities, see Microsoft Security Bulletin MS15-106.

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How to obtain and install the update

Method 1: Microsoft Update

This update is available through Microsoft Update. When you turn on automatic updating, this update will be downloaded and installed automatically. For more information about how to turn on automatic updating, see Get security updates automatically.

Note For Windows RT and Windows RT 8.1, this update is available through Microsoft Update only.

Method 2: Microsoft Download Center

You can obtain the stand-alone update package through the Microsoft Download Center. Go to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS15-106 to find the download links for this update.

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More Information

Known issues in this security update

3119070 Internet Explorer 11 consumes high memory and CPU cycles after you install update MS15-106

More information about this security update

The following article contains more information about this security update:

3093983 MS15-106: Security update for Internet Explorer: October 13, 2015

Security update deployment information

Windows Vista (all editions)

Reference Table

The following table contains the security update information for this software.

Security update file names	For Internet Explorer 7 in all supported 32-bit editions of Windows Vista: Windows6.0-KB3093983-x86.msu
	For Internet Explorer 7 in all supported x64-based editions of Windows Vista: Windows6.0-KB3093983-x64.msu
	For Internet Explorer 8 in all supported 32-bit editions of Windows Vista: IE8-Windows6.0-KB3093983-x86.msu
	For Internet Explorer 8 in all supported x64-based editions of Windows Vista: IE8-Windows6.0-KB3093983-x64.msu
	For Internet Explorer 9 for all supported 32-bit editions of Windows Vista: IE9-Windows6.0-KB3093983-x86.msu
	For Internet Explorer 9 for all supported x64-based editions of Windows Vista: IE9-Windows6.0-KB3093983-x64.msu
Installation switches	See Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 934307
Restart requirement	A system restart is required after you apply this security update.
Removal information	WUSA.exe does not support uninstall of updates. To uninstall an update installed by WUSA, click Control Panel, and then click Security. Under Windows Update, click View installed updates and select from the list of updates.
File information	See the file information section
Registry key verification	Note A registry key does not exist to validate the presence of this update.

Windows Server 2008 (all editions)

Reference Table

The following table contains the security update information for this software.

Security update file names	For Internet Explorer 7 in all supported 32-bit editions of Windows Server 2008: Windows6.0-KB3093983-x86.msu
	For Internet Explorer 7 in all supported x64-based editions of Windows Server 2008: Windows6.0-KB3093983-x64.msu
	For Internet Explorer 7 in all supported Itanium-based editions of Windows Server 2008: Windows6.0-KB3093983-ia64.msu
	For Internet Explorer 8 in all supported 32-bit editions of Windows Server 2008: IE8-Windows6.0-KB3093983-x64.msu
	For Internet Explorer 8 in all supported x64-based editions of Windows Server 2008: IE8-Windows6.0-KB3093983-x64.msu
	For Internet Explorer 9 for all supported 32-bit editions of Windows Server 2008: IE9-Windows6.0-KB3093983-x86.msu
	For Internet Explorer 9 in all supported x64-based editions of Windows Server 2008: IE9-Windows6.0-KB3093983-x64.msu
Installation switches	See Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 934307
Restart requirement	A system restart is required after you apply this security update.
Removal information	WUSA.exe does not support uninstall of updates. To uninstall an update installed by WUSA, click Control Panel, and then click Security. Under Windows Update, click View installed updates and select from the list of updates.
File information	See the file information section
Registry key verification	Note A registry key does not exist to validate the presence of this update.

Windows 7 (all editions)

Reference Table

The following table contains the security update information for this software.

Security update file name	For Internet Explorer 8 in all supported 32-bit editions of Windows 7: Windows6.1-KB3093983-x86.msu
	For Internet Explorer 8 in all supported x64-based editions of Windows 7: Windows6.1-KB3093983-x64.msu
	For Internet Explorer 9 for all supported 32-bit editions of Windows 7: IE9-Windows6.1-KB3093983-x86.msu
	For Internet Explorer 9 for all supported x64-based editions of Windows 7: IE9-Windows6.1-KB3093983-x64.msu
	For Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1: IE10-Windows6.1-KB3093983-x86.msu
	For Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1: IE10-Windows6.1-KB3093983-x64.msu
	For Internet Explorer 11 for Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1: IE11-Windows6.1-KB3093983-x86.msu
	For Internet Explorer 11 for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1: IE11-Windows6.1-KB3093983-x64.msu
Installation switches	See the file information section
Restart requirement	A system restart is required after you apply this security update.
Removal information	To uninstall an update installed by WUSA, use the /Uninstall setup switch or click Control Panel, click System and Security, and then under Windows Update, click View installed updates and select from the list of updates.
File information	See the file information section
Registry key verification	Note A registry key does not exist to validate the presence of this update.

Windows Server 2008 R2 (all editions)

Reference Table

The following table contains the security update information for this software.

Security update file name	For Internet Explorer 8 in all supported x64-based editions of Windows Server 2008 R2: Windows6.1-KB3093983-x64.msu
	For Internet Explorer 8 in all supported Itanium-based editions of Windows Server 2008 R2: Windows6.1-KB3093983-ia64.msu
	For Internet Explorer 9 for all supported x64-based editions of Windows Server 2008 R2: IE9-Windows6.1-KB3093983-x64.msu
	For Internet Explorer 10 for Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1: IE10-Windows6.1-KB3093983-x64.msu
	For Internet Explorer 11 for Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1: IE11-Windows6.1-KB3093983-x64.msu
Installation switches	See Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 934307
Restart requirement	A system restart is required after you apply this security update.
Removal information	To uninstall an update installed by WUSA, use the /Uninstall setup switch or click Control Panel, click System and Security, and then under Windows Update, click View installed updates and select from the list of updates.
File information	See the file information section
Registry key verification	Note A registry key does not exist to validate the presence of this update.

Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 (all editions)

Reference Table

The following table contains the security update information for this software.

Security update file name	For Internet Explorer 10 in all supported 32-bit editions of Windows 8: Windows8-RT-KB3093983-x86.msu
	For Internet Explorer 10 in all supported x64-based editions of Windows 8: Windows8-RT-KB3093983-x64.msu
	For Internet Explorer 11 in all supported 32-bit editions of Windows 8.1: Windows8.1-KB3093983-x86.msu
	For Internet Explorer 11 in all supported x64-based editions of Windows 8.1: Windows8.1-KB3093983-x64.msu
Installation switches	See Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 934307
Restart requirement	A system restart is required after you apply this security update.
Removal information	To uninstall an update installed by WUSA, use the /Uninstall setup switch or click Control Panel, click System and Security, click Windows Update, and then under See also, click Installed updates and select from the list of updates.
File information	See the file information section
Registry key verification	Note A registry key does not exist to validate the presence of this update.

Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 (all editions)

Reference Table

The following table contains the security update information for this software.

Security update file name	For Internet Explorer 10 in all supported editions of Windows Server 2012: Windows8-RT-KB3093983-x64.msu
	For Internet Explorer 11 in all supported editions of Windows Server 2012 R2: Windows8.1-KB3093983-x64.msu
Installation switches	See Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 934307
Restart requirement	A system restart is required after you apply this security update.
Removal information	To uninstall an update installed by WUSA, use the /Uninstall setup switch or click Control Panel, click System and Security, click Windows Update, and then under See also, click Installed updates and select from the list of updates.
File information	See the file information section
Registry key verification	Note A registry key does not exist to validate the presence of this update.

Windows RT and Windows RT 8.1 (all editions)

Reference Table

The following table contains the security update information for this software.

Deployment	This update is available through Windows Update.
Restart Requirement	A system restart is required after you apply this security update.
Removal Information	Click Control Panel, click System and Security, click Windows Update, and then under See also, click Installed updates and select from the list of updates.
File information	Not applicable

Windows 10 (all editions)

Reference Table

The following table contains the security update information for this software.

Security update file name	For Internet Explorer 11 in all supported 32-bit editions of Windows 10: Windows10.0-KB3097617-x86.msu
	For Internet Explorer 11 in all supported x64-based editions of Windows 10: Windows10.0-KB3097617-x64.msu
	For Microsoft Edge in all supported 32-bit editions of Windows 10: Windows10.0-KB3097617-x86.msu
	For Microsoft Edge in all supported x64-based editions of Windows 10: Windows10.0-KB3097617-x64.msu
Installation switches	See Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 934307
Restart requirement	A system restart is required after you apply this security update.
Removal information	To uninstall an update installed by WUSA, use the /Uninstall setup switch or click Control Panel, click System and Security, click Windows Update, and then under See also, click Installed updates and select from the list of updates.
File information	See Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 3096441
Registry key verification	Note A registry key does not exist to validate the presence of this update.

File hash information

Package Name	Package Hash SHA 1	Package Hash SHA 2
IE10-Windows6.1-KB3093983-x64.msu	0B9B58CB64104F9662935F56CB99B6A02323FA17	2F94C4C10631E5AFD164DAE9E4A3DCBF3F3F741E07F7A03D2B50AB59227021BD
IE10-Windows6.1-KB3093983-x86.msu	A77226AAF41B8AA212ECB4E8B8B140B183D933D3	E019DE27B0C1A5486956FACAF55FFD975ADFDCAC331A4B037280EC8C7B5AE279
IE11-Windows6.1-KB3093983-x64.msu	231DD57CB3730A001F830EEA3406FFB77B90EEA4	9759D8BD84D4B2EBC29C3FF905180A20BE0278016102F501F985A0E886753C76
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IE8-Windows6.0-KB3093983-x86.msu	8B5C1674384436B68B3D8142661C571C1E394EA0	26C75B009CCA8A781AEC3D1F8C6F196EDAF14C19AD92EA2DAA74EE327225B3FA
IE9-Windows6.0-KB3093983-x64.msu	E0EC4143B347497D6EC6361B7BD8E40EE77871B1	023A75590ADBD44CA953830087218AAD87E5DDF51DCCB28E046CB57359A57132
IE9-Windows6.0-KB3093983-x86.msu	B49C2CF0E412DD057FA25D3FD264D57A8091E779	D0296270BA75F5D88769D0BC7F10B73094419138E5BFE9378F4DCD80FA9C3C8A
IE9-Windows6.1-KB3093983-x64.msu	E049C24789D876119FCD1F64D286CCF43DA97C90	7CC3879A438C24C3B20FAF1DBCEA6229685233157BF3B90BF788CF6EE44D737E
IE9-Windows6.1-KB3093983-x86.msu	F224539B662B77C468D01A2BD3CAE88BE72AF175	20E24797147C80DCF416C90B2C6ECA9FDAA6BB80434AFBD23B937BACC2C459D8
Windows6.0-KB3093983-ia64.msu	F6ECBB9CDDA8397D24838C82ED974433623D59A9	8F6AD4AD0CAA9D68CE70E8E7808E3D22579329F3F8E69D5965D5B2D87303E5BD
Windows6.0-KB3093983-x64.msu	046BE81682B0980C2D07A31E8BF029C01CC1F5BD	6C2552D0B56EF1DAA7B84426384642F828167C55E6214612423543F5CEB984E5
Windows6.0-KB3093983-x86.msu	4BF15937FCD152A1BEFAC3DE06B52447B2550464	AD1733391FAC0718618483748A7698BAB03C095DEEC219B8530C5C918395CEC0
Windows6.1-KB3093983-ia64.msu	1EA93FDA1D4F2B2140B0320437ED73FA65334E48	1B0CEBBB317F7CA3F46E300BC91D402F920C792C523A905CB92AAA72564EE32D
Windows6.1-KB3093983-x64.msu	E9516C5008B44215462B240E316DD05C46E3F54F	8FEA72408A03FBC35EA47AC7A2F113213D7A9BB3D22C2F949F92CAC26034D8D2
Windows6.1-KB3093983-x86.msu	CE0A6036495130DB57C0E80592B4456305910D41	B1EA2ACAF38E1AC027009EDAA3BEF8AFF876292DAD093522AE1B0EA72945B545
Windows8-RT-KB3093983-x64.msu	50A9C28A74F098C01B00E4572BCB1447B40FCF17	F5A2B0622E9EAA0E5D69B7B3EB1D5AC5B00AB820384C99252AF2ADCC68AD1DBF
Windows8-RT-KB3093983-x86.msu	BA480D8EB1E37E839466645343D9C330E16CDDEA	A3EE15EC7C2F3DE2803FF852D130178A1BC2D8BBC259526B3DF94C2846A5CAC4
Windows8.1-KB3093983-x64.msu	54C9AD8E7C8F71C3C509663466BFD1A1B3F4E0ED	E57FD6C79249A7C104E3A601352FECCBD8E65FEE46F31EABF7538E683BC8AB72
Windows8.1-KB3093983-x86.msu	CB8113388EC7E6D444777AC98B40FDB2DBCD5F55	6DEABF112CB5C5DD3F41A75C07B0D8DC7E6D38C875F7867A3D63A39FB3E923D3

How to obtain help and support for this security update

Help for installing updates: Support for Microsoft Update

Security solutions for IT professionals: TechNet Security Troubleshooting and Support

Help for protecting your Windows-based computer from viruses and malware: Virus Solution and Security Center

Local support according to your country: International Support

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Article ID	:	3096441
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Created on	:	1/7/2017
Published on	:	11/20/2015
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